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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
UNITED NATIONS DAY
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the United Nations was founded in 1945, with fifty-one nations, and its UN Charter came into
force on October 24, 1945, a date commemorated around tl1e world; and
WHEREAS, tl1e United Nations membership has grown to one hundred and ninety-two nations working for
the common good qf more than six billion global citizens; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations is credited wid1 negotiating over one hundred and seventy peaceful
setdements that ended regional conflicts and enabled people in over forty-five countries to participate in free and fair
democratic elections; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize,
works through its landmark international Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations working to achieve its eight Millennium Development Goals has helped raise
worldwide immunization rates from five percent to eighty percent; helped make drinking water safe for more than one
billion people; delivered two miUion tons of food each year to victims of wars and natural disasters; initiated new
efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; taken action through conventions and Security Council
resolutions to eliminate gender discrimination; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations Association of Wake County, NC has been organized for fifty-one years to
educate citizens about the work of the United Nations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MJCHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim October24, 2007, as "UNITED NATIONS DAY" in North Carolina and urge all our citizens to commend
this observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and-thirty-second.

MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
UNITED NATIONS DAY
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the United Nations was founded in 1945, with fifty-one nations, and its UN Charter came into
force on October 24, 1945, a date commemorated around tl1e world; and
WHEREAS, tl1e United Nations membership has grown to one hundred and ninety-two nations working for
the common good qf more than six billion global citizens; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations is credited wid1 negotiating over one hundred and seventy peaceful
setdements that ended regional conflicts and enabled people in over forty-five countries to participate in free and fair
democratic elections; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize,
works through its landmark international Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations working to achieve its eight Millennium Development Goals has helped raise
worldwide immunization rates from five percent to eighty percent; helped make drinking water safe for more than one
billion people; delivered two miUion tons of food each year to victims of wars and natural disasters; initiated new
efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; taken action through conventions and Security Council
resolutions to eliminate gender discrimination; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations Association of Wake County, NC has been organized for fifty-one years to
educate citizens about the work of the United Nations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MJCHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim October24, 2007, as "UNITED NATIONS DAY" in North Carolina and urge all our citizens to commend
this observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and-thirty-second.